Book
Suzanne
Record details
- ISBN: 9781552453476
- ISBN: 1552453472
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Physical Description:
print
261pages ; 21 cm - Edition: First English edition.
- Publisher: Toronto : Coach House Books, [2017]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Translated from the French. "Originally written by Anais Barbeau-Lavalette and published in French as La femme qui fuit by Marchand de feuilles, 2015"--Title page verso. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Grandmothers -- Fiction Independence in women -- Fiction Women artists -- Canada -- Fiction Montréal (Québec) -- Fiction |
| Genre: | Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. Canadian fiction. French-Canadian fiction. |
Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Creston Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creston Public Library | FIC BAR (Text)
Acquisition Type: New |
35140001186090 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette never knew her mother<U+2019>s mother. Curious to understand why her grandmother, Suzanne, a sometime painter and poet associated with Les Automatistes, a movement of dissident artists that included Paul-Émile Borduas, abandoned her husband and young family, Barbeau-Lavalette hired a private detective to piece together Suzanne<U+2019>s life. This is a fictionalized account of Suzanne<U+2019>s life over eighty-five years, from Montreal to New York to Brussels, from lover to lover, through an abortion, alcoholism, Buddhism, and an asylum. It takes readers through the Great Depression, Québec's Quiet Revolution, women<U+2019>s liberation, and the American civil rights movement, offering a portrait of a volatile, fascinating woman on the margins of history. And it<U+2019>s a granddaughter<U+2019>s search for a past for herself, for understanding and forgiveness.
